CVE-2023-3514 RazerCentralSerivce Unsafe Named Pipe Permission Escalation of Privilege Vulnerability

High 7.8 Published Updated

A local attacker can escalate privileges to SYSTEM by exploiting unsafe named pipe permissions in Razer Central to execute arbitrary code.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2023-3514?

CVE-2023-3514 is a high-severity vulnerability in Razer Central, published on 14 Jul 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper Privilege Control in RazerCentralSerivce Named Pipe in Razer RazerCentral <=7.11.0.558 on Windows allows a malicious actor with local access to gain SYSTEM privilege via communicating with the named pipe as a low-privilege user and calling "AddModule" or "UninstallModules" command to execute arbitrary executable file.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-3514?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Razer Razer Central.

How do I fix CVE-2023-3514?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-3514 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-3514 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-3514 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-73pr-w8f4-pxm7.

Is CVE-2023-3514 in your software?

Upload an SBOM and sbomify checks it against every vulnerability here, every day.

Check your SBOMs for free